Safety razor with tiltable safety guard



Dec. 8, 1959 PECK SAFETY RAZOR WITH TILTABLE SAFETY GUARD Filed Jan. 27, 1958 INVENTOR. [/War/ Zack United States Patent 9 2,915,817 SAFETY RAZOR WITH TILTABLE SAFETY GUARD Edward Peck, Albany, N.Y.

Application January 27, 1958, Serial No. 711,520

4 Claims. (Cl. 30-48) This invention has to do with a novel type of safety razor, having particular reference to such a razor having a blade holding member terminating at one end in an inclined plane, with means to hold a blade in position thereon and a tiltable safety guard therefor, and the provision of such a razor is the principal object of the invention.

Generally, it is an object of the invention to provide such a device of any suitable material, preferably of plastic material, of any selected color, with the exception, of course, of the blade, and possibly the guard, which is simple, yet sturdy and durable of the construction, economical of manufacture, which easily and readily can be manipulated, and which will operate with relative freedom from wear and tear and other mechanical More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide such a device having a handle member terminating at one end in an inclined plane with means to hold a blade in position thereagainst with a cutting edge of the blade extending beyond the terminating end in cutting position, and a safety face contacting guard having an opening therein overlying the edge of the blade to expose it at all times for cutting purposes while maintaining the guard substantially flush with the blade edge, the guard being tiltably mounted on the handle around points adjacent opposite ends of the blade edge which are approximately coaxial therewith.

Other specific objects of the invention are to provide such a safety razor in which the inclined plane is provided with spaced-apart blade locating members to receive a blade provided with similarly spaced-apart openings therein; in which the blade-holding means is frictionally engageable with the handle and likewise provided with such spaced-apart openings to receive the cating members; in which the blade holding means is provided with opposite end members that are downwardly directed frictionally to engage the handle along the marginal portion thereof below the inclined plane; in which such blade-holding members comprise tongues and the marginal portions comprise grooves, slidably to receive the holding means; in which the entire surface of the guard around the opening is planular; in which the guard is provided with depending members at its opposite ends and the handle member below the terminating end of the inclined plane being provided with means to'engage the depending members in order to tilt the guard around the pivot points, such last-named means constituting lateral pins with arcuate slots in the depending means therefor; and in which the terminating end of the handle, opposite the inclined plane, is provided with a cavity for the accumulation of lather material, the handle member also preferably having one or more chambers for holding new blades as well as toreceive used blades.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of 2,915,817 Patented Dec. 8, 1959 manufacture possessing the features, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is 'a side elevational view illustrating such a safety razor device embodied by the invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a top view thereof;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary portion, somewhat enlarged, of the operating end of the device as viewed in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a view taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 4 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, there is indicated generally at 10 a novel type of safety razor having a handle member 11 terminating at its top end in an inclined plane or planes as indicated generally at 12 and 12'.

The inclined plane is provided with spaced-apart blade locating lugs 13 to receive any suitable type of safety razor blade, such as the kind now in use of the double edge variety, which blades are provided with similarly spaced-apart openings 14 therein.

The blade holding means 15 constitutes a planular plate and preferably is provided with similar spacedapart openings 16, when desired, to receive the blade 10- cating lugs 13. The blade holding means or plate 15 is provided with opposite end members 17, downwardly directed, frictionally to engage the handle holding marginal portions thereof below the inclined plane. Preferably, the members 17 are provided with inwardly directed tongues18, and the marginal portions of the handle 11 below the inclined plane 12, are provided with grooves 19 to receive the tongues 18 whereby the holding means 15 preferably is slidably mounted over the blade after the latter has been located in position by the locating lugs 13 on the inclined plane.

It will be observed that when the blade is so positioned against the inclined plane, its cutting edge 20 will extend beyond the terminating end of the inclined plane in cutting position.

A safety face-contacting guard 21, having a longitudinal opening 22 therein, overlies the cutting edge of the blade to expose the entire cutting edge at all times for cutting purposes during which time the guard surface, which also preferably is planular, around the opening is approximately flush with the blade edge 20.

The guard is tiltably mounted, as best will be observed by reference to Fig. 4, on the handle around points, indicated generally at 23, adjacent opposite ends of the blade edge, which points are approximately coaxial with the blade edge and which establish the pivot points for the tiltable guard. j I

In order that the guard may readily be made so tiltable, the same is provided with depending members at opposite ends thereof, and the handle member below the terminating end of the plane is provided with means to engage such members, whereby properly to tilt the guard around such pivot points and maintain the guard surface substantially flush at all times with the cutting edge 20 of the blade.

Such tiltable means comprise lateral pins 24, equidistant from the pivot point 23, and the depending members 25, which are preferably of semicircular configuration, are provided with arcuate slots 26 to receive the pins 24.

There is also provided, at the terminating end of the handle, opposite the inclined plane 12, and within the 3 confines of the inclined planular surfaces 12', a cavity 27 for the accumulation of lather material and cut hairs therein.

Briefly, in operation when a blade is mounted as above described, the guard 21 is placed against the face with the desired pressure and, regardless of the angle of inclination of the handle 11, as it is held by the user, and consequently the angle of the blade, the guard will always remain flush with the blade edge as the same is slidably moved against the skin surface; and, because of the resiliency of the latter, the hairs of the beard, aided in being held erect by the use of lather, will be inwardly directed against the cutting edge of the blade readily to be severed at their base and the hairs, together with the lather, will accumulate in the cavity 27, which, when filled readily can be washed away by placing the same in a stream of water running from a faucet as with any conventional razor.

It is also within the contemplation of the invention to make the handle member 11 hollow, as illustrated in the drawing, and to provide the same with a central partition 28 to provide two chambers, one to hold a plurality of new blades 29 that are held in contained position by a closure cap 39, and a second chamber to receive used blades 29' through a slot 31 to be held in contained position by a closure cap 3%.

it will thus be seen that the objects hereinbefore set forth may readily be obtained and since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a safety razor, a handle, a blade holding portion of said handle terminating at one end in an inclined plane to support a razor blade flatly thereon; means to hold a blade flatly in position against said plane so that the cutting edge of a blade will extend beyond the top edge of the plane; and a tiltable safety guard mounted on said handle at opposite sides thereof adjacent the top edge of the plane in spaced overlying relation thereto, said guard having a central longitudinal opening therein to expose the cutting edge of a blade when mounted on said plane with the cutting edge approximately flush with the face of the guard but spaced therefrom and from said opening.

2. In a safety razor, a blade holding portion of a handle terminating at one end in an inclined plane to support a razor blade flatly thereon; means to hold a blade flatly in position against said plane so that the cutting edge of a blade will extend beyond the top edge of the plane; and a safety guard mounted on said handle at opposite sides thereof adjacent the top edge of the plane in spaced overlying relation thereto, said guard having a central longitudinal opening therein to expose the cutting edge of a blade when mounted on said plane with the cutting edge approximately flush with the face of the guard but spaced therefrom and from said opening; and said guard being mounted pivotally on said handle to automatically tilt around an axis adjacent and parallel to the top edge of said plane and the cutting edge of a blade as the surface around the guard opening is wiped across the face of a user.

3. In a safety razor, a blade holding portion of a handle terminating at one end in an inclined plane to support a razor blade flatly thereon; means to hold a blade flatly in position against said plane so that the cutting edge of a blade will extend beyond the top edge of the plane; and a safety guard mounted on said handle at opposite sides thereof adjacent the top edge of the plane in spaced overlying relation thereto, said guard having a central longitudinal opening therein to expose the cutting edge of a blade when mounted on said plane with the cutting edge approximately flush with the face of the guard but spaced therefrom and from said opening; and said guard being mounted pivotally on said handle to automatically tilt around an axis adjacent and parallel to the top edge of said plane and the cutting edge of a blade as the surface around the guard opening is wiped across the face of a user, said inclined plane being provided with spacedapart blade locating lugs to receive a blade provided with similarly spaced-apart openings therein, and said blade holding means being slidably mounted over said plane and frictionally engageable at its opposite ends with said handle but in face-to-face contact with said blade across substantially its entire surface from adjacent its exposed cutting edge, and likewise provided with similarly spacedapart openings to receive said locating lugs to hold a blade in locked position.

4. In a safety razor, a blade holding portion of a handle terminating at one end in an inclined plane to support a razor blade flatly thereon; means to hold a blade flatly in position against said plane so that the cut ting edge of a blade will extend beyond the top edge of the plane; and a safety guard mounted on said handle at opposite sides thereof adjacent the top edge of the plane in spaced overlying relation thereto, said guard having a central longitudinal opening therein to expose the cutting edge of a blade when mounted on said plane with the cutting edge approximately flush with the face of the guard but spaced therefrom and from said opening; and said guard being mounted pivotally on said handle to automatically tilt around an axis adjacent and parallel to the top edge of said plane and the cutting edge of a blade as the surface around the guard opening is wiped across the face of a user; said guard being provided with depending members at opposite ends thereof, and said handle member below the terminating end of said plane being provided with means to engage said members whereby to tilt said guard around said pivot points.

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